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SILENT LETTERS

1

THIS WAS A FOLKLORE BASED MISSHAPEN HUMANOID THAT USUALLY LIVES UNDER GROUND BUT NOW DAYS THEY JUST GUARD GARDENS

GNOME

2

THIS GROUP OF TREES INCLUDES THE OFFICIAL STATE TREE OF BOTH FLORDIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, THE SABAL

PALM

3

WAGER 1-10

THE WORD "COUNTY" IS USED TO DESCRIBE MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS IN 48 DIFFERENT STATES. LOUISIANA CALLS THEM PARISHS AND ALASKA CALLS THEM WHAT?

BOROUGH

4

A MOUNTAIN NYMPH FROM GREEK MYTH WHO'S NAME MEANS SOUND, AND WAS CURSED ONLY TO REPEAT THINGS SHE HAD HEARD

ECHO

5

THIS PRODUCT WHO'S FIRST NAME WAS LATIN FOR "MIRACLE WATER" IS NOW NAMED FOR THE GERMAN TOWN WHERE IT WAS INVENTED

COLOGNE

FRUITY QUESTIONS

1

WHILE OFTEN EATEN AS A VEGATABLE, GARBONZO BEANS ARE TECHNICALLY FRUIT, THAT ALSO GO BY WHAT NAME?

CHICKPEAS

2

WHAT AMERICAN FUNK ROCK BAND HEARD HERE STARTED IN MINGO JUNCTION OHIO IN 1970

WILD CHERRY

3

WITH ROSES BEING RELATED TO APPLES, AND STRAWBERRIES, IT'S NO SURPRISE THEY ARE A FRUIT BEARING PLANT, WHO'S FRUIT SHARES IT'S NAME WITH WHAT PART OF THE HUMAN BODY

HIP

4

WAGER 1-10

SNAPPLE IS CREDITED WITH CREATING THE THIS FLAVOR COMBINATION WITH THE HELP OF CALIFORNIA FAMERS WHO SAW THEIR PROFITS SHRINKING IN THE EARLY 90'S

STRAWBERRY KIWI

5

THIS STYLE OF APPLE AND THE OFFICIAL FRUIT OF MINNISOTA IS A TRADEMARKED BRANDNAME OWNED BY THE MINNISOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

HONEYCRISP

FAMOUS LEADERS

1

NOT COMMONLY KNOWN BY HIS FIRST NAME, GAIUS, THIS LEADER WAS KILLED ON MARCH 15TH 44 BC

GAIUS JULIUS CAESER

2

THIS WORLD LEADER BOTHERED HIS SECURITY SERVICE AS HE TOOK STROLLS THROUGH HIS COUNTRY WHEN THEIR COUNTRY WAS STILL REGULARLY BEING BOMBED IN THE EARLY 1940'S

WINSTON CHURCHILL

3

THIS AMERICAN FOUNDING FATHER WAS KNOWN AS THE LEADING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT AND TOOK THE ROLE OF EMBASSADOR TO THE FRENCH, AND HELPED NEGOTIATE THE END OF THE REVOLUTION

BEN FRANKLIN

4

WHILE MOST WELL KNOWN AS AN ANTI-COLONIAL NATIONALIST AND POLITICAL ETHICIST AND FOR HIS SALT MARCH HE WAS A TRAINED LAWYER

GHANDI

5

DESPITE BEING ILLITERATE THIS MAN, KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF EUROPE MADE EDUCATION A MAJOR PART OF HIS KINGDOM AFTER HE UNIFIED EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE

CHARLEMAGNE

BRAND NAMES

1

FIRST RELEASED IN 1962 BY THE GENERAL MILLS COMPANY, SONNY THE CUCKOO BIRD IS THE MASCOT FOR WHAT FOOD?

COCO PUFFS

2

WAGER 1-10

THIS CHAIN RESTURANT THEMED AFTER ANOTHER COUNTRY SELLS THE ICONIC BLOOMIN' ONION

OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE

3

IN 2003 NIKE BOUGHT THIS COMPANY WHAT STARTED ALMOST 100 YEARS EARLIER TO PROVIDE BETTER SUPORT ON THE BADMITTON AND BASKETBALL COURT

CONVERSE

4

IN 1893 CALEB BRADHAM STARTED SELLING "BRAD'S DRINK" AT HIS DRUG STORE IN NEW BERN NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH LATER BECAME WHAT BEVERAGE BRAND?

PEPSI

5

CREATED IN 1934 BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT THIS CAR BRAND TRANSLATES TO "THE PEOPLE'S CAR"

VOLKSWAGON

MISC

1

WHAT FAMOUS MUSICIAN HEARD HERE WAS NICKNAMED "THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD"?

FRANK SINATRA

2

THE MARINER IV WAS THE FIRST SPACE CRAFT TO SEND HOME PICTURES OF THE SURFACE OF WHAT PLANET?

MARS

3

FAMOUS GANGSTER AL CAPONE WAS EVENTUALLY ARRESTED AND SENT TO PRISION FOR WHAT CRIME

TAX EVASION

4

THIS TYPE OF CLAM CHOWDER IS MADE WITH A TOMATO BASED SAUCE 

MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER

5

IS ISLAND IS NAMED FOR THE FIRST EVER MAN TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND

TASMANIA